Hundreds Turn Out For New Mamas Expo In Forest Hills

It was a packed house Sunday afternoon at the on Austin Street as a large crowd of moms and dads from all walks of parenthood, browsed the aisles at the first New Mamas Expo.

Hosted by Queens Mamas – an online guide to Queens, published and maintained by local parents for local parents – the New Mamas Expo gave the local community an opportunity to spend the afternoon learning about parenting, socializing with other parents, and shopping at the city’s trendiest baby boutiques — all without leaving Queens.

“What’s unique about Queens Mamas is that really become this link between the moms and dads of Queens, and the small business community which services their needs,” said Queens Mama’s director of sales and marketing Randy Madrid, who quickly pointed out that the forum her blog provides is without equal online.

Most everyone who attended Sunday’s Expo was enthralled by the wide breadth of information available there, as well as the wide array of companies presenting at the show.

“It’s been incredible! They have to have it again ... I don’t really have the time to go all the way into the city to shop at these stores, so something like this so close to home is incredible,” said expo attendee Jassil Diaz of Far Rockaway.

In addition to lots of free advice and product demonstrations, attendees at the expo also enjoyed free snacks and refreshments as they won special prizes, and took home fabulous VIP goody bags filled with some of the hottest baby items of the season.

The two breakaway stars of the New Mamas Expo were the Gia Nursing Pillow and the k’tan baby carrier, which were both available for purchase at Sunday's show.

One of the more popular booth at the New Mamas Exhibition was Baby Chic, of Williston Park.

“We did really well today … a lot of networking and introductions … can’t wait for the next one now,” said Alissa Moseson, who helped to run the Baby Chic booth.

Perhaps no one was more please at the expo Sunday Leni Calas Queens Mamas' founder and editor.

“I started Queens Mamas because I was frustrated that there was really no singular resource where local parents could go to find out what was happening in the area … here I am two years later, my site has taken off and I am hosting this event," she said.

To learn more about Queens Mamas visit them online at http://www.queensmamas.com